In view of the latest situation of COVID-19 and uncertainties in global business travels, along with discussions with our tour presenters, performing venues and related partners, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra’s (HK Phil) tour to Japan and Korea, originally have been rescheduled to a later time of the year, now has been cancelled.

The HK Phil, Music Director Jaap van Zweden, our Board of Governors as well as the administration put the health and well-being of our audience, players and staff at the forefront of our priorities. We sincerely hope that the orchestra’s home city, as well as other parts of the world, will recover soon and overcome the current challenging situation. The orchestra and its Music Director Jaap van Zweden look forward to performing for audiences in Japan and Korea in the near future.

The HK Phil would like to thank our tour presenters in Japan and Korea, our performing venue partners, as well as sponsors, for their support.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Music Director Jaap van Zweden, our Board of Governors as well as the administration put the health and well-being of our audiences, players and staff at the forefront of our priorities. Like most cultural organisations, we have made major adjustments to our regular activities in order to accommodate these exceptional circumstances.

The HK Phil believes passionately in the power of music. Since February, we have been sharing our love of music and support for our community through "Phil Your Life With Music". We hope our videos, available on website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, WeChat and Weibo, will brighten your life and keep us connected.

The new 2020/21 season and more music projects will be announced in June and July. Please stay tuned!

Never underestimate the power of music. Stay strong and hopeful as always. We hope to see you again very soon!

Matthias Goerne

Matthias Goerne is one of the most versatile and internationally sought-after vocalists and a frequent guest at renowned festivals and concert halls. He has collaborated with leading orchestras all over the world. Conductors of the first rank as well as eminent pianists are among his musical partners.

Matthias Goerne has appeared on the world’s principal opera stages, including the the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro Real in Madrid; Paris National Opera; Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, and the Vienna State Opera. His carefully chosen roles range from Wolfram, Amfortas, Marke, Wotan, Orest, and Jochanaan to the title roles in Béla Bartók’s Duke Bluebeard’s Castle and Alban Berg’s Wozzeck. Goerne’s artistry has been documented on numerous recordings, many of which have received rave reviews and prestigious awards, including five Grammy nominations, an ICMA award, a Gramophone Award, the BBC Music Magazine Vocal Award 2017, Diapason d’or arte, and the ECHO Klassik 2017 in the category „singer of the year“. In 2019, three new recordings have been released: The Brahms Requiem with the Swedish Radio Symphony under Daniel Harding, Alban Berg’s Wozzeck in a William Kentridge production at the Salzburg Festival, and an album of songs by Robert Schumann with Leif Ove Andsnes. A new album of Beethoven Songs with Jan Lisiecki is due for release in March 2020 with Deutsche Grammophon.

In 2001, he was appointed an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music in London. A native of Weimar, he studied with Hans-Joachim Beyer in Leipzig, and later with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. In the 2017/18 season, Matthias Goerne was artist of residence at Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, and The New York Philharmonic named him as Artist-in-Residence for their 2018/19 season.

Highlights of the 2019/20 season include concerts with the Vienna Philharmonic, Dresden Staatskapelle, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Orchestre National de France, Sankt Petersburg Philharmonic and a tour with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra.

At Berlin’s State Opera Unter den Linden he will be singing the title role in Wagner’s ‚The Flying Dutchman’.

Song recitals with eminent pianists Leif Ove Andsnes, Jan Lisiecki and Víkingur Oláfsson will lead him to major venues and festivals all over the world, including Munich, Hamburg, Leipzig, Salzburg, Vienna, Milano, Madrid, Paris, London, New York, Kyoto, and Seoul.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and is a Venue Partner of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

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